Hoosiers set season-high mark for assists
The Hoosiers finished the game with a season-high 17 assists, their most since the tournament game against James Madison on March 22, when they also had 17.
The Hoosiers finished the game with a season-high 17 assists, their most since the tournament game against James Madison on March 22, when they also had 17.
In the Hoosiers’ 89-68 win against the Ospreys, IU had four players in double figures and nine players with at least six points — five of them coming off the bench — that propelled them to victory.
There’s no remedy like home cooking. That’s exactly what IU needed following a humbling 69-52 loss at Syracuse last Tuesday evening.
After North Florida crept within four points midway through the first half, the IU men’s basketball team tore off to a 17-point first half lead and eventually an 89-68 victory Saturday night at Assembly Hall.
Saturday evening, the Hoosiers have a chance to get back on track after a decisive 69-52 loss to No. 4 Syracuse in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge when they face North Florida at 7:30 p.m. in Assembly Hall.
Fixing the tangible aspects such as shooting is a quantifiable task, but the same can’t be said for IU’s other ultra-concerning issue: leadership.
During a 12-minute stretch in the second half, IU’s only points came from the line, when it scored seven points while failing to convert a field goal
The Hoosiers fell victim to a 25-4 run during the bulk of the second half, falling to the Orange 69-52 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
When the Hoosiers reach the postseason, whether it be the NCAA Tournament or lower-tier tournament, they’re one poor matchup from being bounced earlier than expected.
Three of Syracuse’s eight players who saw time in the game last year are gone, and seven of the 11 Hoosiers who played are no longer part of the team.
After a week to prepare, tonight the Hoosiers travel to Syracuse, N.Y., for their battle in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge to face a team who recently moved into the top five in the country — to No. 4 — after Monday’s latest AP poll was released.
How fitting it is to be awarded an opportunity to avenge a ghost, a haunting memory still shackled to the current subconscious.
NEW YORK - After playing meager minutes because of foul trouble the whole evening, IU freshman forward Noah Vonleh still had a chance to pull the Hoosiers to victory in the championship of the 2K Sports Classic Friday night against No. 18 Connecticut.
Although the Hoosiers’ scoring from the field would ebb and flow throughout their semi-final matchup against Washington Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Indiana managed to combine an improved free throw shooting performance along with an abundance of second-chance points en route to the 102-84 victory, pairing them up with Connecticut in the finals of the 2K Sports Classic Friday.
While appearing on the surface as a reasonable baptism for IU Coach Tom Crean’s relatively inexperienced team, the non-conference portion of the schedule may be a curse hidden beneath a deceiving vale.
Tonight, as IU Coach Tom Crean’s squad plays its first game of the 2K Sports Classic Tournament in the hallowed halls of Madison Square Garden, Crean said he doesn’t want his players to block out the differences between Assembly Hall and the court the Hoosiers play Washington on this evening.
The difference one year can make is astronomical.
Vonleh tallied 18 points, his highest total in his first four games, and 15 rebounds, also a new high, in IU’s 90-74 victory against Stony Brook on Sunday night at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers had to work through a string of missed free throws and foul calls for a 90-74 win against the Seawolves.
It was a welcome change after the Hoosiers were consistently content settling for three-point jumpers against LIU Brooklyn. They knocked in just seven of their 26 attempts from beyond the arc.